Annita has numerous works in progress on intersections of cartography, Indigenous data sovereignty, colonial sexual violence, and MMIWG. Her current dissertation research examines how data on Indigenous women and girls' bodies and the violence perpetrated against them become forms of 'armchair colonialism' when weaponized through colonial research, and how the colonial 'need to know' via mapping and cartography mirrors the 'need to know' Indigenous women and girls' bodies.

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Indigenous Geographies & Cartography

Annita writes on indigenous cartographic practices and methods, and how mapping can be utilized by indigenous people and communities in order to assert sovereignty and tell stories more reflective of their cultures and experiences. Additionally, Annita also researches historic indigenous mapping traditions, and is writing on these traditions as emblematic of indigenous intellectual heritage and contributions to the fields of cartography and geography.

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Annita also serves on the committee developing Mapping Back. Mapping Back aims to create a collective of indigenous cartographers and scholar-allies engaged with resisting resources extraction, as well as a resources hub for others interested in learning and participating in such work.

Institutionalized Disappearance: How Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Are Pushed Through Bureaucratic Cracks. Meeting of the Minds Inter-Disciplinary Conference; March 2018.

Best Practices in Indigenous Education: A Case Study at Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society. National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education—Alberta Provincial Conference, and University of Lethbridge Native Awareness Week; February and March 2018.